You didn’t need a computer to predict that, at some point in 2026, an MLB game would end with an umpire’s call being ...

The first WBC game, Australia vs Chinese Taipei, was overshadowed by a flaw that's hard to overlook thanks to its worst ...

MLB, ABS, Spring Training ...

It took 150 years for pro baseball umpires to get good at calling balls and strikes. And when they finally did, that's when ...

Using Hawk-Eye ball-tracking technology, the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System will allow MLB players to contest ...

One umpire had five calls consecutively overturned by the automated ball-strike challenge system during Tuesday’s Pirates-Red ...

Baseball's new ABS system made an early impact during the Red Sox' spring training game against the Pirates, fixing an umpire ...

Davis Schneider and Alejandro Kirk will lead the way for Blue Jays on Automated Ball-Strike challenges, as the team gets used ...

ABS stands for automated ball strike, and it's the new challenge system in MLB for the 2026 season. It was previously tested out in the minor leagues, beginning in 2022, so many current MLB players ...

Players are still figuring out what the automated strike zone looks like and which pitches they should contest at risk of ...

The Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System has been widely welcomed by Major League Baseball fans this spring in an ...

The umpire behind the wild and controversial strike call in a Southland Conference baseball game earlier this month apologized Thursday but partially blamed his “lack of judgment” on hostile treatment ...